An Israel Defense Ministry planning committee gave approval Wednesday to a controversial settlement plan that would ...

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively ...

The project, located in a tract of land known as E1 just east of Jerusalem, has been under discussion for more than two ...

Israel gave final approval to a controversial project to expand settlements in the West Bank, billed as dashing hopes of ...

Location of E1 is significant because it is one of the last geographical links between Bethlehem and Ramallah.

Israel has given final approval for a controversial settlement project that could cut the occupied West Bank effectively in ...

Settlement development in E1, an open tract of land east of Jerusalem, has been under consideration for more than two decades ...

At the heart of the controversy is the viability of a Palestinian state. Israeli construction in E1 would cut the West Bank into two separate parts, rendering it impossible to establish a contiguous ...

The 5,000 Palestinians living on the small territory separating East Jerusalem from the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim have been ordered to evacuate. The operation to destroy their homes could ...

The move follows Israel’s decision to go ahead with the E1 settlement east of Jerusalem, which would effectively cut the West ...